The despotism of will in ideas is styled plan, project, character, obstinacy; its despotism in desires is called passion.

The cunning tempter, by avoiding the grossness of vice, often silences objections.

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

The despotism of will in ideas is styled plan, project, character, obstinacy; its despotism in desires is called passion.

There are some women who are flirts upon principle; they consider it their duty to make themselves as pleasing as possible to every one.

Opinions, theories, and systems pass by turns over the grindstone of time, which at first gives them brilliancy and sharpness, but finally wears them out.

If poverty makes man groan, he yawns in opulence. When fortune exempts us from labor, nature overwhelms us with time.